UMBRA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UMBRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMBRA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMBRA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMBRA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UMBRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UMBRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does UMBRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The fully shaded central part of a shadow, especially the region on Earth or the Moon that lies within the total phase of an eclipse.
Inside the umbra, an observer sees no part of the light source at all, which during a solar eclipse means witnessing complete totality rather than a partial dimming of the sun. Astronomers distinguish the umbra from the surrounding penumbra, a lighter zone where the light source is only partly blocked, and the same pair of terms describes the darker and lighter regions of a sunspot. The word is borrowed directly from Latin, where it simply means shadow.
How UMBRA is used
Umbra is a technical term used mainly in astronomy to describe the darkest part of a shadow during an eclipse.
- Observers inside the umbra witnessed a full solar eclipse.
- The moon's umbra swept across three countries within minutes.
- Astronomers mapped the sunspot's dark umbra and its lighter penumbra.
- Totality lasted only as long as the umbra covered the sun.
- The eclipse's narrow path of umbra crossed the entire ocean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMBRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UMBRA
The 5 tiles of UMBRA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UMBRA
21 longer words begin with UMBRA.
Words ending in UMBRA
1 words end in UMBRA. Useful as a back hook: play UMBRA onto a word already on the board.
Words with UMBRA inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain UMBRA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UMBRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UMBRA
Common questions about UMBRA
- Is UMBRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMBRA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMBRA worth?
- UMBRA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMBRA mean?
- The fully shaded central part of a shadow, especially the region on Earth or the Moon that lies within the total phase of an eclipse.
- What letters can be added to UMBRA?
- UMBRA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UMBRA:
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